New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-02
NEARLY 4 TON or DYNAMITE.
BURIED BY FRIGHTENED woRKMEN.

PUTTING II OFT OF HARMS WAY UNDERGEovND.
Fifteen hundred pounds Of dynamite would make
great sensation it shonld explode, was the remark "i
Edward Gay The welknown artist to TEiBr VI repor
ter in the National Academy Of Design The artist ana the
reporter standing together in front Of Mr. Gays
large sketch. which prominently hung In the eNhnit
The oddity Of the artists remark caused the rcor
ter to inquire Yes, but where is the dynamite I"
"wcn, to tell you the truth. it il buried somewhere Ia
the river bottom represented in this painting
How In the world did that hnppcnT
L Will tell you all know about H. But 1t viii
be necessary 10 recall 10 You first the explosion
that took place above Harlem on the New York
and Northern road In ISL They used II for
blasting along that line IL kept stored In sort OF
well that built for that purpose with an opening at
the top one day, IL probably Sunday, Tor the work
men about three boys along there and he
gan TO experiment IN throwing stones down the we'll IL
seems that they had idea that the explosive was
stored there for the lads remained behind rock
considerable distance away. The other two were holder
and threw into the pit from place OF vantage only
a few rods OIL suddenly there was u tcrriic explosion
The two the pit were blown t" pieces Por
tons OF one of the bodies wera afcrwari. found
on the limbs Of The other ] Think
was 80 blown pieces that little OF his Iody
WAS recovered. The effects Of the blast were
so terrible that tho stone was shattered behind
which the third lad had placed himself and lis clothing
was literally his body, but he escaped fatal
I
also being used for blasting along the branch OF the New
York and New Haven which then ia process 81
struction point Pelham Bridge just by Mount
Vernon where live. The wOrnen employed there be-
came very much alarmed the explosion OF the dyn
mite on the road and refused to any
OF It, There 800 pounds OF dynamite stored IN
building near the line. AT night party OF tho men went
TO the place OF storage and removed every pound OF IT,
They carried carefully down a. tho nat3 OF the Hatch
inson river The tide and the fats uncovered
and they took the dynamite far out toward the channel
Of the river dug hole and deposited 1t ali there The
next day there inquiry about the explosive, but
tho mon became alarmed lest they should be arrested
and punished for theft 50 they cautioned each
keen close mouths and nothing about IT, Ihc
tractors were never able discover any OF and
n"'r I,e,v ,chnt hecamc Of In IS.3 whn was re-
turning from Europe heard that there was sick man In
the srerage WHO as from Mount Vernon who bad seen
my name printed among the list of passengers living
at Mount Vernon and wanted 10 sec me. priest who
had been at his bedside brought the message
n pretty hard lob go down into the Storage and
him but managed To 70 down In spite OF the disaccl
bic smells ana sought the na ont. He told that his
name Mas Iotcnce o Brlen lie had been cmpoye ON
the construction Of the Ncw-Gork and New-l Haven
branc an the time of the disappearance of the dynamite
lie confess that he had b, OF the party who
helped 10 remove and bury In the mats 1e priest had
advised him tell about &c. tOmake II possible
TO have the explosive taken away aud the danger
from It's deposits there removed. l6 located the place
OF burial As south Of what is known Ballast
Point which Is near Pelham II is little place where
sailing vessels in to get stone for ballast Oren
aitcrward died in the hospital III this city. told his
story to the authorities Mount Vernon hut Ibccyc that
there anything done 10 discover the dynamite.
have skctchcd all along the there but come
into this ncghbOIhOod but what am extremely careful
not to kick over any stray cans on inc beach nave
feel any them myself There was lad IN our place
got hold Of cartridge that had been msaid by the
contractors. He struck with stone and it, explosion
cost him an eye. this dynamite which presume is IN
cans should be from resting place by the elements
and lie the shore such accident might easily
occur as would cost the iie OF "a man have always
thought that something ought TO be done toward renoy
Ing the dynamite or al least discovering y is there ana
sill retains its explosive qualues.'